Remember the two brothers who
formed the Longombas?
The group consists of two
brothers, Christian and Lovy
Longomba.
The group entered Kenyan music
scene in 2002 with their song
“Dondosa”, which became a
national hit.
Follow-up singles were “Piga
Makofi”, “Shika More” and “Vuta
Pumz”. Their debut album Chukua
was released in 2005 by Ogopa
DJ’s. In 2003 they had left Ogopa
DJ’s record label together with
Deux Vultures and Mr. Googz &
Vinnie Banton, and formed an
own label, Bad Man Camp. Deux
Vultures and Longombas,
however, later returned to Ogopa
They performed at the 2006
Channel O Music Video Awards in
South Africa. The group later
relocated from Kenya to Los
Angeles.
Christian Longombas one of the
two musical brothers suffered a
seizure on May 18th 2015 where
he was rushed to the hospital. On
arriving at the hospital, he
underwent tests and was
diagnosed with Falx and
parasagittal meningiomas which
grows from the dural fold, called
the falx, which runs between the
left and right sides of the brain.
It is extremely difficult to
remove a tumour In the falx or
parasagittal region because of
the dangers of injuring the
sinuses.
It took two weeks before
Christian had his first surgery.
The hospital had to study and
wait for specialists due to the
mass of the tumour. The
neurosurgeons explained that
they had never seen such a
tumour and needed time to study
it in order to come up with a way
to remove it. T hey explained
that the tumor had covered part
of his pariental lobe and was
mostly on the frontal lobe. Since
the surgery was major and
intense, it could have been
associated with a variety of risks
and side-effects which were:
Infections, blood clots, permanent
neurological deficit, bleeding out
on the operating table, seizures,
coma, stroke or complete
blindness.
Christian underwent his first
surgery, on May 29th 2015, which
took ten hours long. Luckily the
surgery was successful. He still
had to undergo another surgery
to remove the blood clots from
the brain which was also
successful.
The doctors noted that they
were able to safely remove 90%
of the tumor and he still needs
to go through six weeks or more
of radiation in order to
completely remove the tumor.
Now Christian can’t work or
perform and the family is asking
well-wishers for funds to cover
the huge medical bill through a
GoFundMe page:
formed the Longombas?
The group consists of two
brothers, Christian and Lovy
Longomba.
The group entered Kenyan music
scene in 2002 with their song
“Dondosa”, which became a
national hit.
Follow-up singles were “Piga
Makofi”, “Shika More” and “Vuta
Pumz”. Their debut album Chukua
was released in 2005 by Ogopa
DJ’s. In 2003 they had left Ogopa
DJ’s record label together with
Deux Vultures and Mr. Googz &
Vinnie Banton, and formed an
own label, Bad Man Camp. Deux
Vultures and Longombas,
however, later returned to Ogopa
They performed at the 2006
Channel O Music Video Awards in
South Africa. The group later
relocated from Kenya to Los
Angeles.
Christian Longombas one of the
two musical brothers suffered a
seizure on May 18th 2015 where
he was rushed to the hospital. On
arriving at the hospital, he
underwent tests and was
diagnosed with Falx and
parasagittal meningiomas which
grows from the dural fold, called
the falx, which runs between the
left and right sides of the brain.
It is extremely difficult to
remove a tumour In the falx or
parasagittal region because of
the dangers of injuring the
sinuses.
It took two weeks before
Christian had his first surgery.
The hospital had to study and
wait for specialists due to the
mass of the tumour. The
neurosurgeons explained that
they had never seen such a
tumour and needed time to study
it in order to come up with a way
to remove it. T hey explained
that the tumor had covered part
of his pariental lobe and was
mostly on the frontal lobe. Since
the surgery was major and
intense, it could have been
associated with a variety of risks
and side-effects which were:
Infections, blood clots, permanent
neurological deficit, bleeding out
on the operating table, seizures,
coma, stroke or complete
blindness.
Christian underwent his first
surgery, on May 29th 2015, which
took ten hours long. Luckily the
surgery was successful. He still
had to undergo another surgery
to remove the blood clots from
the brain which was also
successful.
The doctors noted that they
were able to safely remove 90%
of the tumor and he still needs
to go through six weeks or more
of radiation in order to
completely remove the tumor.
Now Christian can’t work or
perform and the family is asking
well-wishers for funds to cover
the huge medical bill through a
GoFundMe page:
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